Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

They don't hire you because you can push them "beyond the status quo" or "ignite their leadership and organizational potential." One thing that consultants do that most clients hate is cookie cutter solutions that feel to clients as nothing more than "management by magazine." They are interested in case studies only to a point.

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Methodologies How To Tools Case Interview 207

Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2016

When you’re managing managers, your responsibilities are two-fold: you need to make sure they’re producing good work (as with any employee) and that they’re effectively supporting their teams. Do you need to provide training? You might know how to do the former, but how do you do the latter?

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Management How To Report Training 49

Gina Abudi

AUGUST 15, 2018

A Client Case Study – Part 3 of 3 – Creating the Strategic Plan for L&D. Read Part 1 and Part 2 of the case study. The Plan for Learning and Coaching of Managers. We used the data from the 360 assessments, information gathered from interviews with the managers assessed, data provided early on by [.].

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Emotional Intelligence Case Study Case Studies Case Interview 28

Rick Conlow

APRIL 22, 2019

Leadership through position power involves these strategies: Domination approach. Leadership through personal power includes these strategies: Service approach. Never before has there been so much statistical evidence linked to leadership effectiveness. What are these characteristics of servant leadership? Do as I say!”.

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Leadership Emotional Intelligence Methodologies Case Study 81

Harvard Business

AUGUST 31, 2018

Developing a diverse leadership pipeline can benefit companies in all sectors. And yet black women’s advancement into leadership roles has remained stagnant , even as the number of them in professional and managerial roles has increased. How did (or didn’t) managers play a role? What made their ascent possible?

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Gina Abudi

AUGUST 8, 2018

A Client Case Study – Part 2 of 3 – The 360 Assessment Results. Read Part 1 of the case study. The post Exploring Emotional Intelligence: Helping Managers Succeed – Part 2 appeared first on Gina Abudi. Findings from the 360 Assessment. 498 of 500 surveys were received.

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Emotional Intelligence Case Study Case Studies Management 28

Gina Abudi

AUGUST 1, 2018

A Client Case Study – Part 1 of 3 – The 360 Assessment. One of Abudi Consulting Group’s (ACG) clients, a pharmaceutical organization, has been working with ACG for the last year on a project to focus efforts on increasing the emotional intelligence of a key group of mid-level managers in their organization.

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Emotional Intelligence Case Study Case Studies Pharmaceuticals 28

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Similarly, in traditional management consulting roles, employees often utilize the latest tools to solve their clients’ problems, often without considering the impacts beyond the client themselves. Let us look at an example as a sort of case study. Thus, there are inherent challenges in funding these types of ventures.

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Consulting Engineering Case Interview Survey 88

Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Less than a year after her disastrous issue-made-crisis on account of her serious lack of proper crisis management , Deen has created a new company, Paula Deen Ventures, which is reported to be backed by Phoenix-based investor, Jahm Najafi. Case Studies' It has been announced that Paula Deen is prepping her comeback.

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Case Study Case Studies Enterprise Media 98

Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2016

Editor’s Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. The year before, prompted by all this, Lumiscape’s leadership had decided to pivot from a sales model to a subscription model. They’re Back. Cameron sighed.

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Case Study Case Studies Study Sales 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 12, 2016

Leadership development represents a huge and growing investment for most organizations. Industry research, for example, shows that companies spent more than $24 billion on leadership and management training worldwide in 2013, an increase of 15% from 2012. product pricing, operational efficiency, customer service, etc.).

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

If you are returning to school, take a wildly different class than your course of study. Pursue a minor in entrepreneurship or management, complete a certificate in sustainability, or take a physical education class. Want to gain unique insights into leadership and civil service? Learn something new outside of school.

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Case Interview Travel Resumes Interviews 88

Cheryl Cran

AUGUST 21, 2016

CEO’s and leaders want to know the number one secret to a leadership development programs success. A recent McKinsey report states that in the US $14 billion is spent on leadership programs annually. If you Google ‘leadership development programs’ there are over 11 million results.

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Development Leadership Case Study Case Studies 20

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2016

You have an ambitious team member who’s asking to be promoted to manager. As a manager, you’re always on the lookout for the next generation of talent in your organization. “It requires different skills to manage than to be an individual contributor,” she says. How do you judge his skills and experience?

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Management Engineering Leadership Case Study 28

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Master fit questions, conquer case studies, and become the smartest interviewer in the room. The Consulting Bible is the self-study version of our 10-hour prep package – we tell you every secret we know about getting jobs at the world’s best consulting firms. ” -Giulia, Chicago Booth alum.

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Case Interview Bain McKinsey Interviews 175

Harvard Business

APRIL 16, 2018

She’s an entrepreneur, a CEO, and a teacher — all leadership roles — but when we ask her about her leadership style, she demurs. “What I’ve learned about myself as a leader, as an executive, is — I’ll be blunt — I’m a pretty mediocre manager.

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Leadership Case Interview Talent Case Study 53

Harvard Business

JUNE 30, 2017

Managing your star performers should be no sweat, right? How do you manage someone who is knocking it out of the park? Whether your star performer has just joined your team or has been working for you for a while, here are some tips on how to manage her. “Give her training responsibilities,” she adds.

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Management How To Development Case Study 28

Cheryl Cran

MARCH 28, 2016

Leadership skills – the ability to have everyone regardless of title be able to ‘think’ and ‘act’ like a leader. Change management skills – the ability to respond and navigate fast changing situations. Change management skills – the ability to respond and navigate fast changing situations.

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Training Training Case Study Case Studies 20

Consulting Success

JANUARY 29, 2018

Ron and his partners at Navalent help companies that are in pursuit of a substantial transformational change, whether it be strategic formulation, organizational design, cultural shifts, or executive leadership behaviors. I studied arts and it was my initial formal training. Our relationships usually span multiple years.

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Development Consulting How To Case Interview 189

Management Consulted

MARCH 18, 2015

Within the business unit leaders team, there are 9 presidents of various regions and countries within the IMS Health Organization and 3 others – a General Manager (Clinical Trial Optimization Solutions), another General Manager (Government and Payer Provider Solutions) and Vice President and General Manager (Real-World Evidence Solutions).

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Groups Interviews Culture Consulting 100

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

The recordings of the hearing are a shocking but illustrative case study of how leaders are at risk of being corrupted by power. But his leadership role had taken a toll, and eventually, empathy was all but absent from his thinking and decision making. Compassion is clearly a hugely overlooked skill in leadership training.

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Case Interview Training Training Leadership 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 7, 2018

Almost every high-performing health care organization we studied was led by a medical professional (something that academic research has also found ). Doctorpreneurs have three important qualities: Medical excellence: First and foremost, doctorpreneurs are excellent doctors, with first-rate education and training.

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Healthcare Case Study Case Studies Training 40

Management Consulted

MARCH 9, 2014

The Advisory Board Company also offers technology, management, and consulting services. H*Works was the first of many steps the company took towards building its prestigious (in the healthcare consulting world) consulting and managing services. and around the world, with a premier niche in the healthcare space.

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Interviews Culture Company Healthcare 147

Harvard Business

AUGUST 10, 2017

In my experience — consulting on gender with hundreds of companies — this is rarely the case. Leadership teams are usually not aligned on gender issues and objectives. It takes deft leadership skilled at understanding both the rational and emotional issues involved — for everyone. This is a key leadership task.

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Engineering Groups Leadership Case Study 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

While not (biologically) alive, these inanimate objects are explicitly trained to anticipate and respond to workplace needs. Using bad manners with smart technologies can lead to bad management. Microsoft’s Tay offers a painfully superb — and superbly painful — real-world case study of how networked abuse shapes UX.

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Enterprise Training Training Software 28

Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Self-described “recovering consultant” Blair Enns is the CEO of Win Without Pitching, a sales training organization for creative professionals in the design, advertising, and public relations fields. It’s a sales training organization to creative professionals. I was hired as an account manager, and I grew in those positions.

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Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2016

” No manager wants to hear that someone on their team has another job offer in hand. “Whether or not the employee ends up taking the other offer, this is a rich opportunity,” says Dick Grote performance management consultant and author of the HBR Tools on Goal Setting and Performance Reviews. Should you counteroffer?

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Case Interview Case Study Case Studies Travel 28

Brimstone Consulting

MARCH 27, 2023

CASE STUDY Telecom Leader Accelerates Business Growth Through Coaching A global telecommunications provider engaged Brimstone to design and facilitate leadership development cohorts, build an inclusive global Sustainability Plan, and coach leaders across the US and Europe. Was he working efficiently or just working hard?

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Case Study Case Studies Case Interview Study 52

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2018

You should first speak to your manager since it’s best if this discussion is “instigated by leadership,” Burkus says. For instance, you might say to your manager, “When I write these reports I need to be focused. Speak to your manager about moving desks if you feel it will improve your productivity.

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Conference Case Study Case Studies Study 48

Harvard Business

JUNE 17, 2016

When managers negotiate in organizations, with their bosses or colleagues, they do so in the context of how (or whether) they have negotiated before. Consider a case study. They fall back into the roles they’ve traditionally played, and their counterparts expect that they will act as they have in the past.

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How To Case Study Case Studies Development 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 2, 2018

Case Study #1: Make small adjustments to your environment, and look for ways to enhance your job description. ” With this in mind, over time, Joel changed his management style. “No longer was I focusing solely on what I could get done as a manager,” he says. Put all your eggs in your professional basket.

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How To Case Study Case Studies Finance 52

Harvard Business

JANUARY 29, 2018

“Asking for a promotion makes you feel vulnerable,” says Sabina Nawaz , the global CEO coach , leadership keynote speaker, and writer. “You’re not in control; you’re putting yourself in the hands of your manager to be judged — and you might be judged not worthy.” What the Experts Say.

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How To Handbook Resumes Metrics 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 7, 2016

” Often, the root of the insecurity involves your personal leadership style , says Herminia Ibarra , a professor at INSEAD and the author of Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader. When you’re developing your personal management style, you should observe how others lead , according to Ibarra. Watch and learn.

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How To Case Study Case Studies B2B 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 14, 2017

This tends to focus doctors, nurses, and other health professionals on the value of what they do — finding the most cost-effective approach to managing their patients’ problems. The reason this formula works is that when care-delivery systems also act as insurers, they assume financial responsibility for the care they provide.

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System Insurance Insurance Pharmaceuticals 28

Henman Performance Executive

APRIL 11, 2011

He sent the song to David Allen Coe, who wrote Goodman back that it was not was the perfect country and western song because he hadn’t said anything about Momma, or trains, or trucks, or prison, or gettin’ drunk. . She got runned over by a damned old train. Crisis Management. Talent Management. Communication.

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Strategy Strategy Strategy& Case Study 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Rogier hadn’t once mentioned holacracy or self-managed teams, even though the executive team and the board had been talking for months about transitioning to just such a system at the global construction company. The smaller ones could keep their own names, leadership teams, practices, and policies for the first five years.

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Case Study Case Studies Study Construction 28

Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2018

In 2016, socially responsible investing made up more than one out of every four invested dollars under professional management. ” When we talk with corporate executives around the country, they almost always ask the same question: Can managers and CEOs really accomplish their business goals while also advancing society’s goals?

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